Bundle-carrier



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F. PALM.

BUNDLE CARRIER.

No. 432,068. 4 Patented July 15, 1890.

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P. PALM. BUNDLE CARRIER.

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No. 432,068. Patented-July 15, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

FRED PALM, OF RED LAKE, (DAKOTA TERRITORY) SOUTH DAKOTA.

BUNDLE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,068, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed August 4,1888. gerial No. 281,984. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED PALM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Red Lake, in the county of Ernie and Territory of Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Oarriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bundle-carriers; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the carrying-bars thrown rearward. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the carrier. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line as so of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of one of the carrying rods or fingers. Fig. 6 is adetailperspective View of the operating crank-shaft. Fig. 7 is a View showing a modified arrangement of the mechanism for operating the carrying rods or fingers.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a portion of the supporting-frame of a harvester, and B is the bundle-carrier projecting from one side thereof, near and below the binding mechanism and the binder-deck 2. This bundle-carrier consists of the main bar C, of proper dimensions, having its ends bent downward, and the extremities of said ends bent outward, as shown. These outwardlyturned extremities are perforated for the passage of securing-bolts 3, by means of which the straight longitudinally-slotted bar D is secured thereto. This bar D is provided with aseries of longitudinal slots E, through which the carrying rods or fingers play, and at its ends it is provided with a series of vertical openings F, which permit the forward and backward adjustment of the bar D to regulate the length of swing of the carrying-rods. This adjustment is eifected by passing the securing-bolts through one or another of the openings F and through the perforations in the extremities of the bar 0, as will be readily understood.

G designates the sliding bar supported by the main bar, either by resting on the slotted bar D, as shown in Fig. 1, or directly, as shown in Fig. 7, and provided with a series of vertical perforations or openings I-l, through which the carrying-rods pass,and in which they fitsnugly. The carrying rods or fingers I are formed of metallic rods having the greater portions of their length extending outward from the frame C0111- posed of the bars 0 and D,in the horizontal plane of the upper portion of the bar 0, as shown. The inner ends of the carrying bars or rods are bent downward, as the portion K, and passed through horizontal eyebolts J inserted through the bar 0, by means of which the said rods are held in place. The lower ends of these downwardly-tnrned portions K of the carrying-rods are passed through the openings in the sliding bar G, and through the slots in the bar D. Below the bar D the ends of the carrying-rods are bent inward, as shown at L, and the extremities of these inwardly-turned portions L are turned up and are connected by the bar H, as shown.

N designates a short toggle-lever, having its opposite ends secured, respectively, to the turned-up extremity of the outer carryingrod at the rear end of the connecting-bar M, and to the second carrying-rod therefrom at a proper point of the downwardly-tnrned portion K thereof. XVhe'n the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, this toggle-leverwill be extended and will act as a brace, holding the carrying-rods steady and preventing them turning under the shock caused by the bundles falling thereon, and consequently prematurely dumping the bundles. When the bar M is moved, however, the toggle-lever will be folded, as shown in Fig. 2, and the rods allowed to swing.

O designates the treadle or foot-lever, which is arranged at a proper point on the harvester within convenient reach of the driver, and is provided at one end with a crank-arm P, to which is attached apitman Q. The 0pposite end'of this pitman is connected to a crank-arm on the inner end of a rock-shaft R, which has a crank-arm S at its outer end, which is connected to the connecting-bar M by a link T, as shown.

The bundle-carrier is secured to the fram of the harvester by the end braces or supporting-bars X, which have their opposite ends bolted to the bar 0 of the carrier and to the harvester, as will be readily understood, and also by the central brace or supportingbar a, which has its outer end secured to the main bar C and its inner end bolted to the harvester-frame.

Y designates a basket supported below the binder-deck to the inner side of the bundlecarrier and to the outer side of the harvester to receive the loose grain falling from the binder-deck to prevent the wasting of the same. This basket is constructed of sheet metal or some similar material, and is provided at its outer edge with two hooks Z Z, which hook over the main bar 0. The basket rests 011 the central brace a, and is also provided at its inner edge with hooks Z), which hook over a portion of the harvester-frame. The outer side of the basket is inclined, as shown, so as to provide ample room to permit the carrying-rods to playfreely under the basket, while the inner side is curved, as shown, so as to give the basket the greatest possible capacity.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the operation of my device will be readily understood. The normal position of the parts is that shown in Fig. 1, the carrying bars or rods being projected outward in position to receive the bundles as they are discharged from the tying mechanism. lVhen a sufficient number of bundles have been collected on the carrying-rods, the treadle is operated to swing the points of the carrying-rods rearwardly around to one side, thereb y ca using them to fold together, as shown in Fig. 2, and consequently to drop the bundles. The swinging around of the carrying-rods is effected by causingthe conn ecting-bar M tom ove forward, thereby causing the carrying-rods to swing rearward on their vertical axes. As the bar M and the ends of the carrying-rods are swung forward, the tendency of said rods will be to swing rearward in ahorizontal plane and fold together. Inasmuch,however, as the rodsare held snugly at the upper ends of their vertical portions the said vertical portions are made to vibrate in the slots E and give the outer ends or points a downward sweep by the weight of the bundles thereon, causing the vertical portions to swing forward in the slots past their centers or vertical axes, so that an oblique motion is given the fingers or carrying-rodsan d the bundles positivelydropped. Were the carrying-rods not otherwise connected they would be liable to swing independently of each other, and thereby destroy the efficiency of the device. In order to over come this objection, I provide the bar G,which connects the Vertical portions of all the rods, and consequently insures their'simultaneous operation by moving with the same when the vertical portions of the rods vibrate, as will be readily understood. The slotted bar can be readily adjusted to limit the play of the carrying-rods by securing it at such points that the said rods will sooner orlater contact with the ends of the slots. Instead of this construction, however, Imay use that shown in Fig. '7. This construction differs from that shown in the other figures in supporting the sliding bar G directly on the main bar and dispensing with the slotted bar D. The vertical portions of the carrying rods fit snugly in perforations in this bar, and instead ofusing a separate slotted bar the bar G is itself provided with slots 5 at its ends, which receive the securing-bolts and permit and limit movement of the bar in the same way as bar D does in Fig. 1. It will be readily understood, of course, that the ends of the bars are not secured firmly, but are permitted to have the necessary play, and that the securing-bolts limit the movemant of the bar G by contacting with the ends of the slots 5. Otherwise this arrangement operates in the same manner as that shownin the other figures.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination of the main bar, the Slidll'lg bar supported thereby, the carryingrods secured to the main bar and passing through the sliding bar and having their ends bent inward below said sliding bar, the connecting-bar connecting, the ends of the carrying-rods, the toggle-lever between the connecting-bar and the vertical portion of one of the carrying-rods, and mechanism for swinging the carrying-rods, as set forth.

2. The combination of the main bar, the slotted bar supported thereby, the sliding bar resting on the said slotted bar and having perforations for the carrying-rods, the carrying-rods attached to the main' bar, passing through the perforations in the sliding bar and the slots in the slotted bar and bent inward below the slotted bar, and mechanism for swinging the carrying-rods, as set forth.

3. The combination of the main bar, the sliding bar supported thereby, the carryingrods attached to the main bar and passing through the sliding bar, the treadle, the rockshaft, the pitman between the rock-shaft and the treadle, the connecting-bar M on the inner ends of the carrying-rods, and the link connecting the rock-shaft with the bar M, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the harvesterframe, of the carrying-rods and their main supporting-bar connected to the said frame, the central brace between the supporting-bar and the frame, and the basket restingon the said brace and having a flat inclined outer portion and a curved inner portion, and provided with supporting-hooks on its inner edge engaging the harvester-frame, and similar hooks on its outer edge engaging the supporting-bar, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED PALM.

XVitnesses:

CHARLES FEIST, IVIARY A. GEPPERT. 

